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That is a pretty incredible omission - I'd have had leather on ours if it had memory. Don't know if it's still the case but years ago it was a £100 option on Touareg and I'm just amazed the new MQB platform for Tiguan hasn't enabled it.
That said, in ours the seat moves back as its height is dropped - it seems to move almost diagonally - so that's the only thing we have to adjust. So in practice it's not that much of an issue.
Most awkward thing for me is the car's usual parking space at home is with driver's door against a wall and it's a little awkward for me to get in after my wife has left the seat up (and therefore forward).
That said, in ours the seat moves back as its height is dropped - it seems to move almost diagonally - so that's the only thing we have to adjust. So in practice it's not that much of an issue.
Most awkward thing for me is the car's usual parking space at home is with driver's door against a wall and it's a little awkward for me to get in after my wife has left the seat up (and therefore forward).
I'm not that fussed by leather as it's fake rubbish anyway. Bicast but the kids would completely ruin cloth . The only plus with leather is it's easy to hose down
The only thing I can think of is this is a left hand drive option but I can't see why. I'm going to contact VW uk and find out why and if I could I'd def retro gig it but I don't like my chances.
Edited to add, bit more digging. ALL new Tiguans are made in Wolfburg. LHD markets have both driver and passenger memory as an option. The Uk does not. WTF not. Makes no sense to me other than someone forgot. I'm going to see if i can get it added. Probably not as the computer says no but worth a bloody try
The only thing I can think of is this is a left hand drive option but I can't see why. I'm going to contact VW uk and find out why and if I could I'd def retro gig it but I don't like my chances.
Edited to add, bit more digging. ALL new Tiguans are made in Wolfburg. LHD markets have both driver and passenger memory as an option. The Uk does not. WTF not. Makes no sense to me other than someone forgot. I'm going to see if i can get it added. Probably not as the computer says no but worth a bloody try
Edited by Burwood on Saturday 11th June 07:47
Sheepshanks said:
By all means lease or PCP, but actually buying a diesel anything with your own money strikes me as a massive gamble.
I can see the benefits of leasing. I realise ken takes a bath on most new cars. My main concern is it's a 40k car. An. Ordinary albeit nice mid size car.Sheepshanks said:
By all means lease or PCP, but actually buying a diesel anything with your own money strikes me as a massive gamble.
and for comparison the dealer gave me PCP numbers which are terrible because their residual is 16k after 36 months and 35k miles. thats 40% residual which isn't good at all. assuming you gave the car back thats £401 x 36+10k down or 24.4k. Not good is it. Im sure it would be worth more than 16k but who knows if they start discounting the crap out of them in a years time.Burwood said:
and for comparison the dealer gave me PCP numbers which are terrible because their residual is 16k after 36 months and 35k miles.
If VWs own estimate of the residual doesn't put you off then nothing will. It was a similar figure on our Sept 15 Match DSG, but after discount, contributions etc, the car was only £24K. Thinking I could run the car for 3yrs for £8K I withdrew from the PCP to avoid the interest cost.
Then a few days later VW's emissions announcement came out.
No way do I want to run the car out of warranty - the engine / emissions stuff is horrendous - so I'm likely to take a much bigger hit than calculated. The new model is the same engine etc.
Sheepshanks said:
Burwood said:
and for comparison the dealer gave me PCP numbers which are terrible because their residual is 16k after 36 months and 35k miles.
If VWs own estimate of the residual doesn't put you off then nothing will. It was a similar figure on our Sept 15 Match DSG, but after discount, contributions etc, the car was only £24K. Thinking I could run the car for 3yrs for £8K I withdrew from the PCP to avoid the interest cost.
Then a few days later VW's emissions announcement came out.
No way do I want to run the car out of warranty - the engine / emissions stuff is horrendous - so I'm likely to take a much bigger hit than calculated. The new model is the same engine etc.
I thought I'd like the new Tiguan as it looked good in the shots I've seen. Two things have put me off now, the first being the awful TV ad and the second being the rather dumpy proportions at the rear three-quarters I noticed when following one at the weekend. It reminded me of the ungainly mk1 X3.
miqt82 said:
Why in 2016 haven't Vw put parking camera as standard on the new Tiguan?!
You have to go all the way up to the SEL for it to be standard.
Nope - it's not standard on any model.You have to go all the way up to the SEL for it to be standard.
No idea what VW are thinking of - even vs the old model, pretty well all other SUVs have it, and so did Tiguan in other markets. It's quite a cheap option on the new one, but the snag is it means a factory order unless you happen to be able to find one already built with it spec'd.
The old one didn't even have cruise control as standard until the last couple of months of its run.
Hitch said:
I thought I'd like the new Tiguan as it looked good in the shots I've seen. Two things have put me off now, the first being the awful TV ad and the second being the rather dumpy proportions at the rear three-quarters I noticed when following one at the weekend. It reminded me of the ungainly mk1 X3.
Are you really completely put off a car solely because of a poor TV ad and the rear 3/4 view!!!!I am. The school run bling ad they showed with a white one seemingly on 20 inch wheels makes me cringe. Just like when I was in a Nissan dealership looking at the new X-trail and the salesman used the line "Your neighbours will be really impressed if you put one of these on your drive". I am basically very bad at being sold too.
The 3/4 I could live with but it does make what seemed to be a fairly sharp design look dumpy in the flesh.
The 3/4 I could live with but it does make what seemed to be a fairly sharp design look dumpy in the flesh.
Glosphil said:
Hitch said:
I thought I'd like the new Tiguan as it looked good in the shots I've seen. Two things have put me off now, the first being the awful TV ad and the second being the rather dumpy proportions at the rear three-quarters I noticed when following one at the weekend. It reminded me of the ungainly mk1 X3.
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